Hair curler



Patented June 26, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HAIR OURLER LillianJean Marvin, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application March 25, 1946, Serial No. 656,896

This invention relates to improvements in hair curlers.

A primary object of the invention is to provide an improved hair curlingmeans consisting of a plurality of individual hair curlers or curlingelements on which strands of hair may be separately wound and to providea novel, simple and ad van-tageous means for connecting these haircurling elements in end to end relationship so that they may mutuallycooperate to form a continuous curler extending around the back of thehead of the user to produce a type of curl now popularly known as a pageboy bob.

More specifically, an object of the invention is to provide an improvedhair curling means consisting of a plurality of perforated tubularcurlers on which the strands of hair may be separately wound and toprovide a novel connector receivable in the adjacent ends of adjacentcurlers to connect them together in end to end relationship, theconnectors being so designed that they permit of angular adjustment ofthe curlers relatively to each other but serve to yieldably hold thecurlers in adjusted position.

With the foregoing and other objects in view,

which will be made manifest in the following detailed description, andspecifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference is had to theaccompanying drawings for an illustrative embodiment of the invention,wherein:

Figure 1 is a partial top plan view of a plurality of hair curlersassembled together in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the adjacent ends of adjacent haircurlers and illustrating the connector in applied position there- 1n;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially upon the line 3-3 uponFig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but illustrating a slightly modifiedform of construction; and

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but illustrating an alternative formof construction that may be employed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings wherein similar referencecharacters designate similar parts throughout, the improved hair curlingmeans comprises a plurality of separate hair curlers generally indicatedat ill in Fig. 1 and which may be formed of any corrosion resistingmaterial such as aluminum, synthetic resin plastic, or the like. Thesehair curlers are tubular, being open internally from end to end thereofand are of generally cylindrical shape. Preferably they are preforatedwith either round holes 8 Claims. Cl. 132-38) jacent ends of adjacentcurlers together.

H or elongated slots I2. (See Fig. 5.) If made of metal the metal isturned or rolled into the cylindrical shape to form an open-ended tube.The outer edge has formed therein a longitudinally extending row ofshort comb teeth I4. These comb teeth are bent so as to extend radiallyfrom the longitudinal central axis through the curler. Their purpose isto distribute the hair filaments of a strand of hair over the exteriorof the curler and to retain them in distributed positions in the processof rolling.

Connectors are provided for connecting the ad- These connectors arepreferably in the form of two balls or heads l5 and I6 connected by areduced neck portion IT. The connectors are preferably formed ofrelatively soft compressible rubber and the balls or heads are of suchsize as to be receivable within the adjacent ends of adjacent curlers bycompressing the rubber slightly so that there is in effect a frictionfit between the connectors and the interiors of the curler. The ballshaped heads on the connectors and the reduced neck portions enable thecurler to be adjusted angularly with relation to each other asillustrated in Fig. 1 but due to the friction fit tend to yieldablyretain the curlers in their adjusted positions. If desired, the endportions of the curlers may be punched or embossed with small punchmarks I8 to form small protuberances [9 on the inner surfaces of thecurlers that tend to retain the connectors therein when the connectorsand the curlers are assembled together.

In the form of construction illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 the curler isof cylindrical form as indicated at 20 and may be formed of a syntheticresin plastic or other suitable moldable material which is molded orextruded into the cylindrical shape and has the radial comb teeth formedlongitudinal thereon as indicated at 2|. This form of curler may beimperforated or perforated with circular apertures H or elongated slots12. In making the curler by molding a moldable material it is possibleto form on the interior of the curler adjacent the ends thereofspherically shaped seats 22 which are spherically shaped somewhatcomplementary to the balls or heads [5 and iii. In this form ofconstruction on connecting adjacent ends of adjacent the curlers servesto yieldably hold the curlers in adjusted positions with relation toeach other. In utilizing the invention to produce a page boy bob thehair is divided into separate strands which are wound upon theindividual curlers. The hair is distributed thereon across the combteeth and the curlers are consecutively wound up. After the first curlerhas had its strand wound up thereon it may be pinned such as with a hairpin while the succeeding curler has its strand wound thereon. When thesucceeding curler is wound up it may likewise be pinned if desired butthe connector is inserted and caused to connect the two curlerstogether. This process is continued with succeeding curlers around theentire head and with all of the curlers thus connected together aroundthe back of the head the hair pins used to temporarily hold the curlersin place can all be removed. In practice *one end of the connector maybe allowed to remain inside of the end of one curler and merely removedfrom the end of an adjoining curler when the curlers are taken out ofthe curled hair.

From the above-described construction it will be appreciated that animproved curling means is provided which may be advantageously employedin producing two curlers wherein the hair is turned under around theback of the head. If it is'desired to have the hair curledoutwardlyinstead of curled under the manner in which the hair is wound on thecurler is simply reversed.

While the connectors have been described herein as being constructed ofcompressible rubher or like compressible material it is not essentialthat they be so formed. The connectors, if desired, may be formed ofrelatively incompressible materials such as metal -or synthetic resinplastic and when forced into the ends of the hair curlers the resiliencyof the hair curlers themselves may be relied upon'to form and maintainthe friction fit. formed of sheet metal and is merely rolled into theform of an open ended tube as illustrated in Fig. 3 on insertion of arelatively incompressible connector the tube may be expanded slightly asits adjacent edges are unconnected and the spring of the metal may beeffective to clamp frictionally on the head or ball of the connector inany adjusted position. Even where the curler is formed of seamlesstubing or molded as illustrated in Fig. 4 the material may stretch orexpand sufiiciently to permit of insertion .of a relativelyincompressible connector and frictionally grip upon it.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by theappended claims.

I claim:

1. Hair curling means comprising a plurality of elongated approximatelycylindrically shaped curlers on which strands of hair are adapted to beseparately wound, and connectors between the adjacent ends of adjacentcurlers for detachably connecting said curlers in end to endrelationship, the connectors being. frictionally insertable in thecurlers and frictionally withdrawable from the curlers.

2. Hair curling means comprising a plurality of 10" Thus if the haircurler is elongated approximately cylindrically shaped curlers on whichstrands of hair are adapted to be separately wound, and connectorsbetween the adjacent ends of adjacent curlers for connecting them in endto end relationship, said connectors having spaced heads connected byreduced necks permitting of angular adjustment between adjacent curlersand being removable from and insertable within the curlers with africtional sliding fit.

3. Hair curling means comprising a plurality of elongated approximatelycylindrically shaped curlers on which strands of hair are adapted to beseparately wound, and connectors between the adjacent ends of adjacentcurlers for connecting them in end to end relationship, said connectorshaving spaced heads connected by reduced necks permitting of angularadjustment between adjacent curlers, and serving to yieldably hold thecurlers in adjusted positions relative to each other said connectorsbeing irictionally insertable in the curlers and frictionallywithdrawable from the curlers.

4. Hair curling means comprising a plurality of tubular curlers, andmeans on the end-of each curler frictionally receivable in the end of anadjacent curler for releasably holding the curler in end to endrelationship the means on the end of each curler being frictionallywithdrawable from the adjacent curler.

5. Hair curling means comprising a plurality .of tubular curlers, andspherically shaped means on the end of each curler frictionallyinsertable in the end of an adjacent curler for vreleasably holding thecurlers in end to end relationship and while permittingangularadjustment between the curlers serving to frictionally hold them .inadjusted positions.

,6. YA tubular hair curler having its ends internally shaped tosubstantially conform toa portion of a sphere to .receive a sphericallyshaped head ona connector and permit universal adjustment of the curlerrelatively thereto.

'7. A tubular hair'curler having seats .formed in the ends thereofadapted to receive andseat a connector for connecting the curler to.anadjacent curler inend toend. relationship.

8. A tubular hair curler having portions there- .of adjacent oppositeends bulged outwardly to provide a spherical seat-in either end thereof,the

.ends of the curler being of suchsize and the bulg- .ingbeing anextentsuch that aconnector having a readily compressible spherical head isfriction- .ally insertable into the tubular hair curler and frictionallyseatable in the spherical seat.

LILLIAN JEAN MARVIN.

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